Kentucky Football still has plenty to play for

Saturday’s loss in Oxford was a gut-punch, a heartbreaker, nonetheless you wish to describe it.

Kentucky’s self-inflicted errors in an enormous recreation that might have helped catapult the Wildcats to the following stage left many followers with a bitter style of their mouths, and understandably so.

However the sky isn’t falling, and Kentucky nonetheless has a ton to play for the remainder of the best way.

The schedule definitely has some challenges, however Kentucky nonetheless has the chance to place collectively a particular season if the Cats can work on correcting a few of the points that plagued them in Oxford.

Trying forward, Kentucky has two dwelling video games arising. This Saturday towards South Carolina, Kentucky enters as a ten.5 level favourite (as of Tuesday morning) and if the Cats can keep away from a hangover from Oxford, ought to go away Kroger Area 5-1 and 2-1 in convention.

A much bigger problem looms the following week when SEC West rival Mississippi State comes into city.

In case you’re like me, you might have not-so-fond reminiscences of the Bulldogs offense and QB Will Rogers slicing up Kentucky’s protection in Starkville final yr, however it’s also possible to guess the Kentucky gamers keep in mind that too and will likely be able to go.

That recreation figures to be a toss-up, but when Kentucky can get an enormous win at dwelling, they enter the bye week at 6-1 headed into the bye week.

Past the bye, Tennessee and Georgia loom as marquee video games, however neither of these groups look unbeatable. Florida gave Tennessee points at Neyland earlier this season and the Vols narrowly received the matchup over the Cats final season. We’ll be taught much more about Tennessee with a street journey to Baton Rouge this Saturday and Alabama coming to city the following week.

And whereas Georgia is #2 within the nation, and understandably so, the Dawgs have not seemed fairly as robust as they as soon as did whereas struggling to place away Kent State a few weeks in the past and narrowly avoiding an upset on the street at Missouri this previous week.

The loss in Oxford damage, however loads is left on the desk if the Cats can rise to the problem. It’ll be necessary for Kentucky to place that recreation behind them and transfer ahead, as a result of the opportunity of an incredible season remains to be on the desk.